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Once the exploration efforts of rare earth bear viable fruit, the authorities can opt for a price discovery model. This will ...
America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth ...
The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...
When China began its crackdown on the sector some fifteen years ago, there were hundreds of miners and processors. By 2013 ...
Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...
Gracelin Baskaran of CSIS says Japan's push to develop deep sea rare earth mining manufacturing capabilities are crucially ...
Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...
The rate earth metals issue shows that it’s time for the United States to treat critical minerals not as commodities, but as ...
TOKYO -- The Japanese government decided Tuesday to restrict access to the nation's rare-earth resources to a roster of approved miners to protect offshore deposits within its exclusive economic zone.
The global rare earth market is small by mining standards — just $1.5 billion last year, although its value is rising as prices have surged in response to Chinese restrictions on exports ...